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When I received the message below from Jasmine Star, I felt so empathetic and knew I had to blog - from my perspective. It was exactly how I felt when I met her. However, Jasmine did NOT disrespect me the way the person she waited to speak to did.
Jasmine was/is the sweetest person that her blog presents her to be. I was so worried about getting to meet her, because I didn't know what to say to her, and she wouldn't know who "I" was, that I almost turned around. A stranger that I sat with during the presentation persuaded me to go and introduce myself to her. Half the room wanted to talk to her and were pushing their way through the crowd. She was graciously greeting as many people as she could, shaking hands & hugging, laughing and smiling. When I made it through the crowd to the front of the group, this is what happened.
Jasmine Star was right in front of me. What do I say now? As many of you think I am super outgoing, I am shy at first (for the first minute or 2), and almost would rather be kicked in the stomach that introduce myself first to someone knew, but I force myself over and over to do that just. So I just blurted out "Hello & You did a wonderful job speaking". J* asked me my name and said that I was her focus in the room during the presentation. A room of 2000 people (likely another 2000 waiting outside!). She said that she usually finds a calm, gentle face to focus on and this time it was me. My face helped her calm down. MY FACE HELPED JASMINE STAR CALM DOWN!!! I noticed she was looking in my direction but me being me thought she was looking at something behind me! I even turned around a few times to check! Can you believe it? Jasmine Star was actually being real to me by admitting that she was nervous to do the presentation - she was real as real gets!!! YAY for realness!
I was sooooo happy to meet Jasmine, and not because of the Photography Rock Star from California that she is. I was happy to meet her because she is exactly what I hoped she was, sincere, generous and real. Thank You J* for being you & letting me be your focus even if it was for a short time! Glad to have been their and experienced your amazing presentation. I hope to have a shoot done by you someday, and meet Polo "his cute self" for real!
Jasmine was/is the sweetest person that her blog presents her to be. I was so worried about getting to meet her, because I didn't know what to say to her, and she wouldn't know who "I" was, that I almost turned around. A stranger that I sat with during the presentation persuaded me to go and introduce myself to her. Half the room wanted to talk to her and were pushing their way through the crowd. She was graciously greeting as many people as she could, shaking hands & hugging, laughing and smiling. When I made it through the crowd to the front of the group, this is what happened.
Jasmine Star was right in front of me. What do I say now? As many of you think I am super outgoing, I am shy at first (for the first minute or 2), and almost would rather be kicked in the stomach that introduce myself first to someone knew, but I force myself over and over to do that just. So I just blurted out "Hello & You did a wonderful job speaking". J* asked me my name and said that I was her focus in the room during the presentation. A room of 2000 people (likely another 2000 waiting outside!). She said that she usually finds a calm, gentle face to focus on and this time it was me. My face helped her calm down. MY FACE HELPED JASMINE STAR CALM DOWN!!! I noticed she was looking in my direction but me being me thought she was looking at something behind me! I even turned around a few times to check! Can you believe it? Jasmine Star was actually being real to me by admitting that she was nervous to do the presentation - she was real as real gets!!! YAY for realness!
I was sooooo happy to meet Jasmine, and not because of the Photography Rock Star from California that she is. I was happy to meet her because she is exactly what I hoped she was, sincere, generous and real. Thank You J* for being you & letting me be your focus even if it was for a short time! Glad to have been their and experienced your amazing presentation. I hope to have a shoot done by you someday, and meet Polo "his cute self" for real!
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This particular "Photo Tour" morning I woke up to the site of Sandra's children running to the bus with school bags & lunches in hand. They all boarded the school bus and the oldest getting on that bus waited to make sure everyone boarded, and then boarded herself. I hadn't officially met the children yet, but knew they would be awesome. We had gotten in late the night before and the children were all asleep. When the children arrived home later that day, Jodi & I finally got to meet them.
The Regier Family which consists of 5 children, a dog, a cat and a budgie bird were a joy to be around. All 5 children, yes 5!! were amazing. Some characteristics of these children were outgoing, confident, humorous, talented, smart, well adjusted, loving, beautiful & creative. I was in awe of the family unit that they had created at this house. We sat down to supper at 6 o'clock at the table, tv is turned off, and they prayed, again I was in awe. This was not a scene that was created for Jodi & I, this happens nightly, which impressed me. As I grew up, our suppers were the same, every night we waited for Dad to come home and we then ate supper. It was part of our daily routine, and looking back I do love those times!
So when I had heard that this family had never had many family photos done, Jodi & I were all over it. We had very limited time to do this because Sandra (whose Studio I blogged here) had a shoot that night. We did the entire shoot in the back field behind there house. I hope you enjoy these shots as much as I enjoyed making them.
The Regier Family which consists of 5 children, a dog, a cat and a budgie bird were a joy to be around. All 5 children, yes 5!! were amazing. Some characteristics of these children were outgoing, confident, humorous, talented, smart, well adjusted, loving, beautiful & creative. I was in awe of the family unit that they had created at this house. We sat down to supper at 6 o'clock at the table, tv is turned off, and they prayed, again I was in awe. This was not a scene that was created for Jodi & I, this happens nightly, which impressed me. As I grew up, our suppers were the same, every night we waited for Dad to come home and we then ate supper. It was part of our daily routine, and looking back I do love those times!
So when I had heard that this family had never had many family photos done, Jodi & I were all over it. We had very limited time to do this because Sandra (whose Studio I blogged here) had a shoot that night. We did the entire shoot in the back field behind there house. I hope you enjoy these shots as much as I enjoyed making them.
Kim MSMF:
Umm everyone of them is gorgeous! Love the pics!
(06.21.10)
Sue:
What a Beautiful family!!
(06.21.10)
Jennifer Collings:
Love these family photos, love that they aren't the "traditional" everyone wear the same colour kind. So original.
(06.28.10)
Amy P.:
These are beautiful, the Reiger Family were lucky to have you visit! You would be a fun guest!
(06.28.10)
shadi:
likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(12.09.10)
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Twitter is a social networking and microblogging
service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets.
Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters.
Twitter is an excellent way to network a business and to sum up your
activity in a small statement! I love it, so much fun! Don't forget to "follow me" to keep up on my world of fun - I am Rachel_Photo !
Tonight at St. James Gate was the my first PEI Tweet Up! YAY! It was so much fun to get to meet all the people that are hidden behind computer screens by various twitter names. It was a great turn out, with lots of great prizes!
Thanks to the following businesses for their support:
Century21 Coloniel Reality/ Joel Ives @joelives
PEIHouses / Carol O'Hanley & Steve Yoston @peihouses
St. James Gate, Charlottetown @thegatepei
Parks Canada @parkscanada
Canadian Golf Academy @brodiecoffin
City of Charlottetown @chtownpe
Magic 93/CFCY @peipaulalan
Papercakes @papercakes
Rachel Peters Photography @Rachel_Photo
Lori MacDonald @peimortgages
Jane Boyd @boydjane
UPEI Sports Center
Insight PEI @insightpei
My Tech Guru @mytechguru
Eastlink @eastlink
Shift and Drive @shiftanddrive
Get Real Results @getrealresults
Econo Lodge @econolodge
CBC Prince Edward Island @cbcpei
The Whole Way @thewholeway
Morris Code @jmweb
Tonight at St. James Gate was the my first PEI Tweet Up! YAY! It was so much fun to get to meet all the people that are hidden behind computer screens by various twitter names. It was a great turn out, with lots of great prizes!
Thanks to the following businesses for their support:
Century21 Coloniel Reality/ Joel Ives @joelives
PEIHouses / Carol O'Hanley & Steve Yoston @peihouses
St. James Gate, Charlottetown @thegatepei
Parks Canada @parkscanada
Canadian Golf Academy @brodiecoffin
City of Charlottetown @chtownpe
Magic 93/CFCY @peipaulalan
Papercakes @papercakes
Rachel Peters Photography @Rachel_Photo
Lori MacDonald @peimortgages
Jane Boyd @boydjane
UPEI Sports Center
Insight PEI @insightpei
My Tech Guru @mytechguru
Eastlink @eastlink
Shift and Drive @shiftanddrive
Get Real Results @getrealresults
Econo Lodge @econolodge
CBC Prince Edward Island @cbcpei
The Whole Way @thewholeway
Morris Code @jmweb
Jaime Lee Mann:
Rachel, these pictures are gorgeous - you're so super talented! It was lovely to finally meet you and I can't wait to book you!
(06.19.10)
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So on this tour day I head into the small town of Zurich to visit Sandra Regier's studio in the heart of the small town. I was so excited when we drove up and I seen her very own sign outside the door. It is quite a thing for a photographer to have their own space to create and focus on work. On this day though, I don't think Sandra would have got much work done with me there, I was so excited, asking a million questions and taking in the beauty of this workspace. Sandra's studio is two floors and beautiful. The first floor is her meeting and office area complete with a kitchen, bathroom and dining area. The second floor is a complete shooting area with a fireplace and lots of natural light. I instantly fell in love with her studio.
After we explored her studio, Jodi, Sandra and I went exploring in the small town of Bay field. Of course when three photographers go exploring, their will be photos taken. Sandra is very photogenic and so I made these images of her to complete our touring portion of the day. Stay tuned for a fun family photo shoot with Sandra's family - all 7 of them!!!
After we explored her studio, Jodi, Sandra and I went exploring in the small town of Bay field. Of course when three photographers go exploring, their will be photos taken. Sandra is very photogenic and so I made these images of her to complete our touring portion of the day. Stay tuned for a fun family photo shoot with Sandra's family - all 7 of them!!!
Sandra Regier:
AAAAhhhh! Love it! thanks so much. You have such awesome shots of my studio. So neat to see it through someone else's eyes!! Hugs!
(06.17.10)
brianna phelan:
Isn't Sandra awesome? And isn't her studio awesome too? A great fit together :)
(06.17.10)
Kim MSMF:
1. Okay Sandra, you are so beautiful!
2. I LOVE your Studio!
3. Rachel Rocks!
Jennifer Collings:
I know I have said it before but Rachel you are awesome. These photos are so much fun and that workspace is to die for.
(06.18.10)
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Little Beth. Well I finally got the chance to meet the up and coming "next big thing"!!! Well I had "met" Beth about 2 years ago via Krista Jefferson but only virtually gave her hugs. Just this past weekend, I got the chance to give her the real deal! I am so glad to have finally met you, and chat with you and to be able to tell you in person, how much your work impresses me. Beth & her boyfriend Tyler were paparazzi'd with all of us photographers at the party! I loved getting the chance to photograph them, they are both so very photogenic!
Beth has recently just graduated from Sheridan Tech at the top of her class. Her winning portfolio just won her a brand new Canon Mark ll. I think her teachers seen the potential in her creative eye as soon as they seen her first photo, which makes me sooo happy for her! Beth's final portfolio was theme's surrounding women, emotions and what we all go through. Congratulations Beth on your amazing achievements thus far. I can only imagine where your talent will bring you in the future, and love that you will deserve it!
Beth has recently just graduated from Sheridan Tech at the top of her class. Her winning portfolio just won her a brand new Canon Mark ll. I think her teachers seen the potential in her creative eye as soon as they seen her first photo, which makes me sooo happy for her! Beth's final portfolio was theme's surrounding women, emotions and what we all go through. Congratulations Beth on your amazing achievements thus far. I can only imagine where your talent will bring you in the future, and love that you will deserve it!
Kim MSMF:
They look so in love, beautiful!
(06.16.10)
Jennifer Collings:
Beautiful!
(06.18.10)
Cynthia:
Great job capturing these lovebirds. Also Beth your portfolio is beautiful as well.
(06.18.10)
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So excited that you got to meet J*. I love that she was as cool in real life and on her blog. :)
(06.28.10)Glad you got to meet your "Rockstar Photographer", you must have been over the moon.
(06.28.10)OMG YOU MET JASMINE STAR!!!
(06.28.10)Oh so fun you got to meet her! Lucky
(06.28.10)You are too amazing!! Thank you SO much for this blog post...it means so much to read your kind words! :)
(06.29.10)Wow, I know what is like to meet your idol. You must have been wired for sound.
(06.29.10)ahhh Rachel, so happy for you to meet her! You are our "Rockstar" Photographer!
(06.29.10)OMG, now I totally understand..WOW, any wonder you were studdering telling me the story..haha
(06.30.10)